Dog Days of Summer

We have reached that point where the only options for keeping cool are hiding in the air conditioning or finding a place to swim. Emily has been doing both over the last couple of weeks. After two weeks in Minnesota, during which she kept busy with day camps, shopping, and a Taylor Swift concert, she returned home and has been swimming, playing with water balloons, and going to water parks with friends.

Pre-concert

 

If you look carefully at Emily's hand in the photo above, you will see the other big development from this summer - we finally got her a phone of her own. I think it will come in handy when the school year starts up again, but for now, she doesn't use it much.

Late into the Night

Other than trying to stay cool, we have been busy getting Emily ready for her two-week camp adventure, which starts on Sunday. She has a huge packing list and everything needs to be well-organized and labeled. This camp seems like a pretty well-run machine with all sorts of systems in place for getting campers moved in and settled.

She will be in a rustic cabin with 8-12 girls and 2-3 counselors. There is no electricity, so no lights and definitely no air conditioning. Fortunately, I think the kids spend a lot of time in the lake and the pool during the days, but I don't know how comfortable the nights will be for sleeping. It sounds like they keep everyone pretty busy, but also provide downtime in the afternoons, so hopefully she will have fun but won't be run too ragged. 

Once she returns from camp, there are a mere two weeks left before school starts up again. Hard to believe!